Tip: Reporting seventh characters for fractures in ICD-10-CM
APCs Insider, July 25, 2014
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to APCs Insider!
In ICD-10-CM, when reporting foot and toe fractures, coders will use the initial encounter characters A and B when a condition is actively treated during the initial encounter (e.g., surgical treatment, ED encounter, evaluation by new physician[s]).
Coders will use the subsequent encounter characters D, G, K, and P for follow-up treatment of that same injury during the recovery phase. The seventh character S, for sequela, should be used for complications that are a direct result of an injury.
This tip is adapted from “ICD-10 anatomy refresher: Feet” in the July issue of Briefings on APCs.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to APCs Insider!
Related Products
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Don't forget the three checks in medication administration
- Nursing responsibilities for managing pain
- Complications from immobility by body system
- Q&A: Primary, principal, and secondary diagnoses
- The consequences of an incomplete medical record
- Practice the six rights of medication administration
- Neurological checks for head injuries
- Note similarities and differences between HCPCS, CPT® codes
- Skills of effective case managers
- Prevent dehydration with nursing interventions
- E-mailed
- Searched